SEARCY - Chad Ware made his final home game a memorable one by pouring in a career-high 36 points to lead the Harding Bisons to an 88-76 Gulf South Conference basketball win over the Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys at Rhodes Field House on Thursday.

Ware, a senior from Springdale, was 14-of-18 from the field and 7-of-8 from the free-throw line as the Bisons (17-9 overall, 10-5 GSC) stayed in the hunt for the No. 3 seed from the GSC West in next week's Gulf South Conference Tournament.

Brian Scott had a career-high 25 points and Jeremy Johnson finished with 12 points for the Wonder Boys (6-20, 3-12).

Tech shot 63 percent in the first half and led 44-34 at halftime, but Ware was 10-of-12 from the field and scored 24 of his 36 points in the second half. He scored Harding's first six points of the second half and gave the Bisons their first lead of the second half on a rebound and stick back at the 15:07 mark.

Harding pulled away with a 7-0 run after the second-half media timeout to make it 69-59 with 8:33 remaining. The Wonder Boys never got closer than eight points the rest of the way.